User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- SIMATIC RF300
- Legal information
- Table of contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Safety information
- 3 System overview
- 4 Planning the RF300 system
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
- 4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF300 components
- 4.1.2 Transmission window and read/write distance
- 4.1.3 Width of the transmission window
- 4.1.4 Impact of secondary fields
- 4.1.5 Setup help of the readers of the second generation
- 4.1.6 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder
- 4.1.7 Operation in static and dynamic mode
- 4.1.8 Dwell time of the transponder
- 4.1.9 Communication between communications module, reader and transponder
- 4.2 Field data for transponders, readers and antennas
- 4.3 Installation guidelines
- 4.4 Chemical resistance of the transponders
- 4.5 Guidelines for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
SIMATIC RF300
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System overview
3
3.1
RFID systems
RFID systems from Siemens control and optimize material flow. They identify reliably,
quickly and economically, are insensitive to contamination and store data directly on the
product or workpiece carrier.
Table 3- 1 Overview of SIMATIC RFID systems
Frequency range
HF
UHF
RFID system
SIMATIC RF200
SIMATIC RF300
MOBY D
SIMATIC RF600
Transmission frequen-
cy
13.56 MHz 13.56 MHz 13.56 MHz 865 ... 928 MHz
1)
Range, max.
650 mm
210 mm
380 mm
8 m
Protocols
(air interface)
• ISO 15693
• ISO 18000-3
• ISO 15693
• ISO 18000-3
• RF300 (proprie-
tary)
• ISO 15693
• ISO 18000-3
• EPCglobal Class 1
Gen 2
• ISO 18000-6B
• ISO 18000-6C
Standards, specifica-
tions, approvals
• EN 300330, EN
301489, CE
• FCC Part 15
• UL/CSA
• EN 300330, EN
301489, CE
• FCC Part 15
• UL/CSA
• ATEX
• EN 300330, EN
301489, CE
• FCC Part 15
• UL/CSA
• ETSI EN 3002208,
CE
• FCC
• UL
Memory capacity,
max.
992 bytes (EEPROM)
8192 bytes (FRAM)
64 kB (EEPROM)
8192 bytes (FRAM)
922 bytes (EEPROM)
2000 bytes (FRAM)
496 bits (EPC),
3424 bytes
Maximum data transfer
rate for wireless
transmission
25.5 kbps 106 kbps 26.5 kbps 300 kbps
Multitag capability
With RF290R reader
only
Yes/No
2)
Yes Yes
Special characteristics
• Particularly com-
pact designs
• For particularly
low-cost RFID so-
lutions
• IO-Link for simple
identification tasks
• High data trans-
mission speed
• Extended diagnos-
tics options
• High memory ca-
pacity
• SIMATIC or PC/IT
integration
• External antennas
for industrial appli-
cations
• SIMATIC or PC/IT
integration
•
Data preprocessing
in the readers
• Special antennas
for industrial appli-
cations
1)
Depends on the country of deployment and the frequency regulations that apply there
2)
Multitag capability only with the readers of the second generation and in conjunction with ISO transponders.